Music Composers, Authors & Songs

A reference lookup guide of song / music titles and their composers.

Home Main Menu Singing & Playing Order & Order Info Support Search Voucher Codes



Share page  Visit Us On FB

Previous Contents Next
455
Shure, R. Deane
Shirl, Jimmy, composer, author; b. New York, N.Y., Oct. 7, 1909. ASCAP 1948. Under contract radio station writing material for Sing It Again. Songs: "Mabel, Mabel"; "You're Conna Make a Wonderful Sweet­heart"; The Plymouth Rock"; "So­nata"; "Au Revoir"; "Open Your Heart" (official Heart Association Song); "Bye Bye Alibi Baby"; "To Make a Mistake is Human"; "Across the Wide Missouri"; "Beloved Be Faithful"; "Longing"; "Play the Play-era." Home: Brooklyn, N.Y. Address: c/o ASCAP.
Shisler, Charles P., composer, author; b. Chester, Pa., Oct. 22, 1882. ASCAP 1950. Educ: Philadelphia public schools; Pierce Business Col­lege, Phila. Studied music with Wil­liam Boehn. Organist Masonic Tem­ple, Phila. five years; six years in vaudeville. For twelve years man­agerial capacity for motion picture company. At present, associated with music publishing house. Works: "Too Soon"; "Charme D' Amour", "Valse Viennoise"; "Love is a Melodv"; "As Long As I Have You"; "The Jolly Tar." Home: 2500 S. Cleveland Ave., Philadelphia 45, Pa.
Shuken, Leo, composer; b. Los An­geles, Calif., Dec. 8, 1906. ASCAP 1949. Scores for motion pictures in­cluding: Waikiki Wedding; Stage Coach; Artists and Models Abroad; Miracle of Morgans Creek. Works: "Trumpet Concerto"; "The Dorsev^ Concerto"; "Theme on a Dream.' Home: Beverly Hills, Calif. Address: c/o ASCAP.
Shulman, Alan M., composer, cellist, recording artist; b. Baltimore, Md., June 4, 1915. ASCAP 1948. Educ.: Peabody Cons, of Music, Balti­more, Md., 1925. To New York 1928; awarded Philharmonic Society Scholarship 1929; awarded fellowship
Juilliard, cello and composition, 1932-37. World War II, U.S. Maritime Service 1942-45. Cellist, N.B.C. Or­chestra. Scores for documentary film series, This Is America; also film, The Tattooed Stranger. Works: Waltzes for Orchestra; Concerto for Cello and Orchestra; Theme and Variations for Solo Viola and Orchestra; American Folk Song Suite for piano and violin. Numerous short pieces for piano, cello, and violin. Home: Scarsdale, N.Y. Address: c/o ASCAP.
Shuman, Francis K., composer; b. Boston, Mass., Jan. 2, 1908. ASCAP 1936. Educ.: Boston parochial schools, Georgetown Prep, Georgetown Univ., Washington, D.C.; Harvard Law School. In music with private teach­ers; Hans Ebel, piano; Otto Straube, harmony. World War II, Lieut, in Air Corps, Asiatic and Pacific areas. Wrote two musical shows while in Armed Forces, first at Camp Tyson, Tenn.; second at Camp Hale, Colo. Songs: "Doing the Prom"; "Formal Night in Harlem"; "Cap and Gown"; "Blue Tahitian Moonlight"; "It's High Timej"With a Dollar in Your Pocket"; "Streamline, Dreamline Train"; "It Took a Little While"; "Give Me a Martial Air"; "Penguin at the Waldorf." Home: 1808 Shipley Ave., Valley Stream, N.Y.
Shure, R. Deane, composer, organist; b. Chillisquaque, Pa., May 31, 1885. ASCAP 1942. Educ.: Oberlin Coll., Bachelor of Music; organ and com­position Dr. Felix Draeseke and Dr. Alex Wolff, Dresden, Germany; com­position with de Blois Rowe, London. Director of Music, Central Univ. of Iowa, 1907-09; Clarendon Tex. Coll., 1909-19; State Teachers Coll., In­diana, Pa., 1919-21; Am. Univ., Wash­ington, D.C. 1921-25; Director of Music Mt. Vernon Place Methodist Church, Washington, since 1921; ten years president of Washington Com-